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Knit one, purl one ... Iron Lady of legal rectitude endorses Gageler ... The chief justice wants judges on the straight and narrow ... The cardboard cutout model of legislative supremacy ... The evils of judicial activism ... Procrustes on the dance floor with the Legislative-Judicial Foxtrot ... Read more >> 

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Berlusconi's dream world ... Revenge politics in Italy ... Independence of prosecutors under attack ... Constitutional assault ... The years of lead ... Investigations reopened into old murders ... High drama at Milan's Leoncavallo ... Rome correspondent Silvana Olivetti reports ... Read more >> 

"If we’re only picking people who have got completely lily-white records then we’ll be missing out on a lot of people that can contribute to public life." 

NSW Premier Chris Minns, endorsing Mal Lanyon, his pick for Police Commissioner, whose contributions to public life include shouting drunken obscenities at a paramedic who came to his aid, and commandeering a police launch for private entertainment on New Year's eve ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Schmoozing and betrayal ... Judge Water Softener rides into Integrityville mounted high on his horse ... Judicial review of corruption finding ... Intriguing submissions ... Unprecedented assistance to morals monitor ... The scale of the sub-rosa intrigue ... Plenty to think about ... Ginger Snatch reports ... Read more >> 

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News Desk Special ... Angelic death notices from the bar ... Soapy slips on FOI changes ... Unusual interlocutory costs order for Chris Dale ... Judge ticks off Abbott in letters' page ... Knock About's festive salute to the coppers ... January 19, 2015 ... Read more >> 

 

 

Monday
Sep182017

Germy allegations hosed down

• DateMonday, September 18, 2017

QCA sends solicitor to re-education camp after overturning earlier strike-off order ... Strange claim of employer's vicarious liability for defamation ... Sophie Taylor reports 

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Monday
Sep182017

ACT solicitor stubbed out

• DateMonday, September 18, 2017

Telling pork pies to clients, the court, the Law Society and others ... It all came to a head when the solicitor was convicted of diddling a client's mother and the Legal Aid Commission ... Sophie Taylor on the case 

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Sunday
Sep172017

Toothpocalypse Now

• DateSunday, September 17, 2017

Stress ... Decay ... Dental grinding ...Pain ... Raging flu ... Workaholism ... Burrito crisis ... Jeremy Bentham and A.V Dicey make an appearance ... Law student misery ... Barely Legal takes a day off 

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Friday
Sep152017

Yards and yards of the finest silks

• DateFriday, September 15, 2017

Here we go again ... The NSW bar's 2017 list of senior counsel applicants ... A list groaning with prospects ... Women amount to almost 20 percent of the contenders 

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Friday
Sep152017

Hearing aid goes deaf

• DateFriday, September 15, 2017

Experienced solicitor caught in hearing aid diddle ... Professional misconduct ... Falsifying workers compensation claim ... Concealing prior claim history ... Solicitor's actions driven by professional embarrassment or self-interest … Reporter Luan Whitworth at NCAT 

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Thursday
Sep142017

Northern Ireland, Australia's socially nervous cousin

• DateThursday, September 14, 2017

Leverhulme catches-up with Belfast lawyer Ciaran Moynagh ... Fighting the fight for minorities in Northern Ireland ... On the front line of the struggle for marriage equality ... Echoes of Australia 

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Monday
Sep112017

The Statue Wars - still life in action

• DateMonday, September 11, 2017

The Kirbster on body language and cultural norms ... Uncomprehending cultures ... Josh Frydenberg to the rescue ... Yagan's head and s.18C ... Procrustes on the ramparts 

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Sunday
Sep102017

Being 'un-Australian'

• DateSunday, September 10, 2017

Refugee Advice and Casework Service ... Setbacks, survival, evolution ... Legal work for refugees in a shifting policy environment ... Handling Peter Dutton's deadline ... Senior RACS lawyer Alison Ryan talks to Subeta Vimalarajah 

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Friday
Sep082017

The costly business of unitemised billing

• DateFriday, September 8, 2017

PI law shop's repeated failure to produce itemised bills ... The fine print is too fine ... Over briefing senior counsel ... Strange ruling from Legal Services Commissioner on junior counsel's fees ... Madeline White follows the action 

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